Emden | Scapaflow 1919 - The Big Scuttle
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Emden

Ship Name

Emden

Ship Type

Light Cruiser

Flotilla (Destroyers only)

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Tonnage (Reuter RM/8/1311)

5,300

Sinking Time

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Sunk or beached

beached

Salvaged

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Purchase Details

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Breaking Up

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Wreck Details

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Salvage Co.

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Salvage Year

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Salvage Month

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Date raised (George)

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Launched

20.3.15

Builder

Kiel DY

Comments

Unsuccesfully scuttled and beached. Transferred to French control 11.3.20, broken up in Caen in 1926. Time taken as 14:00 when Shakespeare comes back